milet

milet is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actress signed to SME Records. She is noted for a smoky lower register and for writing that blends J-pop and balladry with cinematic arrangements. Born in Tokyo, she studied abroad in Canada, took up the flute as a child, and later became interested in film scoring. That influence is reflected in the emotional range of her arrangements. She has named Beethoven and Rachmaninoff alongside Sigur Rós, Björk and Boom Boom Satellites among the music that shaped her, and she writes and performs her own lyrics in English and Japanese. Active from 2018, she made her major-label debut on 6 March 2019 with the EP inside you. The title track had been released digitally a month earlier. It was written by milet, co-composed with Toru of ONE OK ROCK and produced by him. The song served as the theme for the Fuji TV drama Queen and reached number two on Billboard Japan's downloads chart, while the EP peaked at number sixteen on the Oricon albums chart. Her first studio album, Eyes, followed in 2020. It reached number one on both Oricon and Billboard Japan before receiving gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan. Screen work has remained central to her catalogue. "The Show" was written for the animated film Birthday Wonderland, and "Drown" closed Vinland Saga. With MAN WITH A MISSION, she wrote "Kizuna no Kiseki (絆ノ奇跡)" for the opening and "Koi Kogare (コイコガレ)" for the ending of the Swordsmith Village arc of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. She has also provided ending themes for both seasons of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End with "Anytime Anywhere", "Trace" and "The Story of Us", and she performed "Prover" and "Tell me" for Fate/Zero and "Sunny" for Futsutsuka na Akujo de wa Gozaimasu ga.